If you train for MMA you must be what some would call 'a beast', one with an iron will. It takes a ton of effort to improve on different styles of fighting and to condition yourself for your matches and your training. The only way you can become comfortable is to train well and to train properly. Here are a few reasons for why you have to know what you're doing and have a great MMA conditioning work out program:
1. Great conditioning allows you to impose your will. If you outlast someone you are almost guaranteed victory.
2. As MMA knowledge proliferates, it becomes more necessary for every fighter to be properly conditioned and trained.
3. With poor conditioning comes poor everything.
1. The first point here is one of the most important things to remember. If your conditioning cannot last for the whole match, then you can only hope to win by the end of it. Victory is practically out of the hands of the poorly conditioned athlete once he starts to gas. Sure you may be able to finish the fight quickly in any given match; however, that is not something to be counted on. Vitor Belfort spent under three minutes in the octagon for his first 3 fights. Then he lost to Randy Couture, in UFC 15 the first time he had a match over 2 minutes. He was absolutely gassed when he lost. Many other fighters face similar fates. Conditioning is the backbone to a fight/fighter. You cannot compete if you are tired and your opponent is not. You might win by accident, but honestly no one wants to win like that anyway.
Conversely, by outlasting someone you can pass easier, submit easier, not to mention that their strikes will be less effective, etc. That is a position you can put yourself in.
2. There was a time when MMA was not even an organized sport. It was just Ken Shamrock, Royce Gracie, and Dan Severn among others, fighting in an octagonal cage. They fought a whole tournament in one day! That would not work anymore. There has been a huge shift in the popularity of MMA, and with this has come more understanding, more money, and so more development of MMA training and the science that goes into it. This means that the bar has been raised in order to be competitive. Fortunately, this also means that knowledge of proper MMA conditioning and conditioning programs is much more available. Be sure to check out videos on Youtube.
3. As was mentioned in the first reason, once a fighter becomes 'gassed', everything starts to go. The same goes for getting hit hard in the head, being rocked, but that is something you will naturally be avoiding through your training and in your matches. Conditioning is about enabling your muscles to work at a certain capacity. In MMA conditioning you are of course training your muscles and body to work better and longer for intense grappling, striking, bjj, etc. That means that once your body starts to get tired, especially if your competitor is not, then your wrestling abilities, your striking, even your ability to do submissions is dramatically reduced. Right behind balanced varied martial arts techniques, conditioning is the most important component of MMA. In the past a fighter could get by with certain skills, and from time to time a master in a martial art, judo for example, can really surprise someone else; however, you need to have a certain level of skills to even bother competing. The deal breaker then, given that you train on technique, can be how well you are conditioned.
http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Brian_Brady 1. Great conditioning allows you to impose your will. If you outlast someone you are almost guaranteed victory.
2. As MMA knowledge proliferates, it becomes more necessary for every fighter to be properly conditioned and trained.
3. With poor conditioning comes poor everything.
1. The first point here is one of the most important things to remember. If your conditioning cannot last for the whole match, then you can only hope to win by the end of it. Victory is practically out of the hands of the poorly conditioned athlete once he starts to gas. Sure you may be able to finish the fight quickly in any given match; however, that is not something to be counted on. Vitor Belfort spent under three minutes in the octagon for his first 3 fights. Then he lost to Randy Couture, in UFC 15 the first time he had a match over 2 minutes. He was absolutely gassed when he lost. Many other fighters face similar fates. Conditioning is the backbone to a fight/fighter. You cannot compete if you are tired and your opponent is not. You might win by accident, but honestly no one wants to win like that anyway.
Conversely, by outlasting someone you can pass easier, submit easier, not to mention that their strikes will be less effective, etc. That is a position you can put yourself in.
2. There was a time when MMA was not even an organized sport. It was just Ken Shamrock, Royce Gracie, and Dan Severn among others, fighting in an octagonal cage. They fought a whole tournament in one day! That would not work anymore. There has been a huge shift in the popularity of MMA, and with this has come more understanding, more money, and so more development of MMA training and the science that goes into it. This means that the bar has been raised in order to be competitive. Fortunately, this also means that knowledge of proper MMA conditioning and conditioning programs is much more available. Be sure to check out videos on Youtube.
3. As was mentioned in the first reason, once a fighter becomes 'gassed', everything starts to go. The same goes for getting hit hard in the head, being rocked, but that is something you will naturally be avoiding through your training and in your matches. Conditioning is about enabling your muscles to work at a certain capacity. In MMA conditioning you are of course training your muscles and body to work better and longer for intense grappling, striking, bjj, etc. That means that once your body starts to get tired, especially if your competitor is not, then your wrestling abilities, your striking, even your ability to do submissions is dramatically reduced. Right behind balanced varied martial arts techniques, conditioning is the most important component of MMA. In the past a fighter could get by with certain skills, and from time to time a master in a martial art, judo for example, can really surprise someone else; however, you need to have a certain level of skills to even bother competing. The deal breaker then, given that you train on technique, can be how well you are conditioned.